SFTP and SCP help

Shell Programming and Scripting
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Hi All,

I have to make an automated script that needs to do SFTP or SCP from my Unix server to another Unix server.

I have gone through search of this website for sftp and scp.
I really get confused when it talk about ssh key or rsh key and sftp -b thing

I would really appreciate if some one can explain step by step commands that needs to be executed from A to Z of this setup.
or point me to any easy to understand documentation please.

Earlier also i was required to make sftp script and gave up as i was not aware of unix.com at that time.

Hopefully this time with the help of Unix.com community i would completely understand the logic of SSH or RSH for SFTP and SCP.

NOTE: I know how to do FTP.

Appreciate your help.

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if u r having problem with creating ssh connection you can go through this:
SSH login without password

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Hope this help.

How can I automate an SFTP transfer between two servers?

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Thanks rishav and vidyadhar85.

I now understand how to set public and private key.
Waiting for permissions to try that out.

Also i was told that the existing script that we have for ftp which asks for password will work fine if i just replace ftp with sftp.
Though we have to pass the password.

Is it true the existing ftp script will work with passing of password if i just replace word "ftp" with "sftp"?

Appreciate reply.

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scp sftp, ssh, sudo, and su are all explicitly designed to prevent you from using stored plaintext passwords because stored plaintext passwords have always been a really, really, really bad idea from a security perspective.

Forget the password and use keys.